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Cape Coral vs Fort Myers

Cape Coral, FL compared with Fort Myers, FL · 10 miles apart

Cape Coral has 236,264 residents to Fort Myers’s 101,581. Cape Coral comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate. Fort Myers does better on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Cape Coral, FL Fort Myers, FL
Population 236,264 101,581
Density (per sq mi) 2,223 2,534
Median household income $78,104 $63,732
Median home value $373,500 $384,500
Median rent $1,858 $1,580
Homeownership 77.2% 49.1%
Average commute 29.9 min 25.2 min
Median age 48.6 41.3
Bachelor's degree + 26.9% 32%
Poverty rate 10.7% 16.3%
Unemployment 3.8% 4.2%
Price to income 4.8×
Clear days a year 24
Days above 90°F 71

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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